cd copy question

in order to copy a cd using clone cd or some other program(not "On-the-Fly") ,should the source disk be read by the cd-rom or the cd-writer ??

is there a difference ?
:rolleyes:

Doesn't really matter TBH. I place mine in the faster of the 2 drives (which happens to be the Toshiba DVD-Rom) for convienience (as not to swap CD's halfway through the burn process). Audio CD's though are different as CDDA is extracted in a slightly different process. For CDDA I would check with the manufacturers of both the CDRW & the 'Reader' and check which one offers the greater Audio Extraction speed.

"On-the-Fly"

by definition means copying from one drive to another ,(in the background) , in nero (and prob others)u cannot copy on the fly by reading from and to the recorder.

if you copy from cd/dvd to cd writer then that can be done "on the fly"

if reading and writing from recorder u must create a file (usually deleted - option in clone) if u copy on the fly then no file needs to be created.

because of the spec of modern computers "on the fly" is "normally" possible , as aposed to a few years ago , when prossesing power/memory was very low , then a file was the way to go.

freddy

freddy......i specifically asked not about on the fly mode.....

ok i apologise for reading that incorrectly,

in the past i have found that if u use the writer - and it can read the disk -then it can write it.

if u are copying certain types of disk ie: cd+g then very few readers will read the sub channels , so u have to use writer-writer,

if both your reader and writer are set up (with no bottlenecks) then go reader-writer - although on nero u get a warning if both are on the same ide chain.

freddy

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Vulcan:
<strong>in order to copy a cd using clone cd or some other program(not "On-the-Fly") ,should the source disk be read by the cd-rom or the cd-writer ??

is there a difference ?
:rolleyes: </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">sorry but neither of these two answered what i think your question is.

are you wanting to know what the source cd is and what the output is?

if so you want to put your source (the cd to copy) in your cd rom drive.

in the cd writer put your blank CD.

does that answer your question?

Use a a dvd if possible. Elaborate bytes reccomends toshiba dvd-roms. (like darren, I have one too, and it reads fast and reliably) I'd always choose another cd or dvd drive other than the burner unless it reads painfully slow. that way you can pop in your source and blank, hit copy and walk away - no more user intervention required.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Vulcan:
<strong>in order to copy a cd using clone cd or some other program(not "On-the-Fly") ,should the source disk be read by the cd-rom or the cd-writer ??

is there a difference ?
:rolleyes: </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Generally using the writer to read source disks even when another reading device is available is prefferable in quality terms.

When writing even using something like clone the cd unit is responsible for a fair bit of self generatation of what it is writing (like sub-channel data). There is no saying that your CD rom can correctly recognise all CD's(most don't read sub-channel data at all, hence why people recommend DVDs for ripping) a writer should. The laser units in CDR/W are usually better. The ideal situation is two identical writers one to read & one to write..

When you are trying to copy 'tricky' stuff the extraction stage (reading) becomes as vital as the capabalities of the writer.

thanks...!!!